Systems & Policy

Education

Get ready to vote: Your guide to the school board election on the South and Far South Side

You asked, and we answered. Here’s all the information South Siders need to prepare for Election Day and be heard in the 2026 Chicago Board of Education election.

Systems & Policy

Families searching for loved ones missing from a South Suburban cemetery are losing the resources to help.

Sixteen years after a scandal desecrated thousands of graves at Burr Oak Cemetery, the official resources built to help families find their missing loved ones have vanished. What's left for families still searching are the volunteers who refuse to let them search alone.